By Richard C. Dujardin
FALL RIVER, Mass. -- A man who allegedly held up a Hess Express gas station near the city's Police Headquarters on Pleasant Street by saying he had a bag containing a bomb was apprehended, the police announced Monday night.
The police said he left the alleged bomb on the counter of the gas station around 6:30 p.m., prompting a visit by the bomb squad and other emergency responders. The bomb threat was determined to be a hoax.